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How can a small manufacturer pivot to making hand sanitizer during a crisis?

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Pivoting a Brand During the COVID-19 Pandemic w/ CEO Brenda Mierzejewski of Mizzi Cosmetics
The short answer

What the archive says

01Mizzi locked in bulk supply from existing vendors before the sanitizer buying rush started; being an established customer of those suppliers is what made the pivot possible. source →

02Hand sanitizer ships as a flammable, dangerous good, so Mizzi absorbs part of the cost and charges a flat $8 rate rather than the $17 a three-unit order to Arizona would actually cost. source →

In their words

What was actually said

Hey guys, on this episode of the Radical Marketing Podcast, I sit down with Brenda Mershitski, the CEO of Mitsy Cosmetics. We talk about Brenda's path to entrepreneurship and her incredible pivot here during the COVID-19 pandemic into hand sanitizer.
Ryan Alford · Pivoting a Brand During the COVID-19 Pandemic w/ CEO (0:00)
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